A madman with a mission is kidnapping groups of thrill-seeking high school seniors across the country, and it’s up to Christy to stop him. To do so, she must take on a fearless alter ego and infiltrate a group of adrenaline junkies bent on pushing life to the limit. Death-defying stunts are only the beginning: two groups fit the profile, and Christy must discover the real target before it’s too late.If she chooses the wrong group, more people will disappear. But choosing right puts her as the prime target—with no guarantee that she’ll get out alive.

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an "intense thriller filled with adventure, passion and a whole lot of excitement." --Deseret News

About the Author

Cindy Hogan enjoys spending time with and writing about unpredictable teenagers. If she's not reading or writing, you'll find her with her own teen daughters or her fun husband. She graduated with a BA in secondary education.

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Christy as we can gather is the youngest member of a CIA group and as we get to know her I am guessing she is a teenager - so Christy ends up being a teen spy. I had hoped that we might have been able to get some background on how Christy ended up with the CIA as she seems not like the daring type of person and to be a teen spy - they normally go hand in hand as normally in first books , we get to read a little background. Adrenaline Rush however as the title says rushes into Christy's first mission. She has enrolled in a new high school and is pretending to be an adrenaline junkie in order to get into a particular clique at high school as teens who fit this profile from all around the surrounding states have been going missing and assumed kidnapped and lost. As Christy gets into both groups, she finds a side she never really explored where Adrenaline and doing daring events is actually fun and holds a rush. She even starts to fall in love with her first boyfriend who unfortunately is one of the guys she is supposed to be monitoring but how can he be involved , when he's so sweet . She soon achieves her goal and finds herself one of the kidnapped and she is transported to a compound and is thrown into a world called "Circus of Freaks" where the kidnappes are forced to do defying acts. This part reminded me a bit of a dystopian type camp , as the months pass Christy has to hope that her handler and friend Jeremy will come for her. But in the meanwhile , she must pool her resources and find a way to escape, what will happen though when the one person she thought she could trust and had started to fall in love is the son of the mastermind behind this experiemental brainwash camp ? The compound reminded me a cross between when the Dauntless were chipped and when those who escaped from the Maze in Maze Runner ended up in the facility where they thought they were safe.

This book is just so cute. Misha is clearly adorable, even if she is Christy's mission personality. And I love all the little heart flip-flops she does, all the little touches and looks with the hunky guys. Total scream.

The story is first person perspective. Mostly telling, rather than showing. Definitely a different feel than other books I have read. The author has a distinctive voice. Misha always tells us how she feels. But if you get over that and become immersed in the author's writing style, you will enjoy the book.

One thing that bugged me was: after the kidnapping, we got a lot of the reactions of the events that happened through Misha's thoughts, but the emotional connection lacked. I could have done with some physical responses. Did Misha ever tremble? Being in her head is one thing, but you need the full experience of bodily involvement. But again, it's not in the writers style.

Something seemed detached about the circus scene. Almost as if Misha was just telling a sequence of events. Where was the crowd's reaction? Why did the group of kidnapped students never say anything to each other? Why didn't they do anything?

Oh, and the head of the compound, absolutely loony toons. I can't decide if I love him or hate him. He has a weird color fetish, which was interesting to say the least. Neat.

I love how the author throws in little sermons about agency. She did graduate from BYU, and I appreciate her morals and the cleanness of the read.

Someone is kidnapping high school students who enjoy extreme challenges and the adrenaline rush that goes with it. Christy goes on her first mission for Division 57 as a high school student who enjoys extreme challenges hoping to be kidnapped. Once she is, she wonders if she will ever be able to escape the crazy person who has her and help all the other kids escape too.Christy captured my heart in The Watched Trilogy and she doesn’t disappoint in Adrenaline Rush. Another excellent story. On to reading Hotwire.

If you read the "Watched" trilogy, you know Christy and how capable she is. (If you haven't read it, you might want to stop and read that first. It is the prequel to this book.) Obviously she has become an incredible spy. She goes back to high school and infiltrates two gangs of adrenaline junkies in order to be kidnapped and discover who is kidnapping students and why. What happens is an exciting and amazing discovery. Unfortunately she has lost contact with her mission leaders, and now must rely on her own wits and knowledge to not only escape the kidnapper, but free the rest of the victims as well. It is a fast paced thrilling adventure for all. The start of a series about Christy as a spy is one book that I could hardly put down. Intense, compelling, and amazing story. Don't miss this!

Loved that Christy was back in action! And, her mission, wow, totally imaginative. Once kidnapped, it seemed as if she was in a dystopian setting. Seriously! That's how crazy her surroundings were, especially, the man controlling it all. Yes, the adrenaline rush of her adventure was there, but sometimes Christy's story was kind of slow. Specifically, at the beginning of the book. Also, there was some romance, but the guy, throughout the story, just gave me the creeps even though we were to understand that he was somewhat damaged. He was "too much" of a bad boy for me. However, overall, Adrenaline Rush was quite an original, adventurous story.

I like this author and I like a good suspense with a lot of action. It was a little too hopeless and depressing for me. I like a getaway in my books and this just made my anxiety shoot a little too high. If you want a super creepy villain that makes you a little sick this book is for you. I will read the next book but not for awhile. I need a break. That being said, it was well written.

This book unlike the others is super stressing at times. For some it many be a just cant put it down type but I found that I needed to take it in small "bites". Starts off very typical what's about to happen but after the kidnapping it can be very unnerving and it's hard to remember that it is fiction. All in all a thrilling read.